Mayor Marty Walsh, Coward

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Jan 31, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 31, 2014 at 1:07 PM

So Marty Walsh is proud of his vote as a state legislator against the death penalty in Massachusetts, a vote supported by 84% of his constituents, and yet less than one month after taking the reigns of the city of Boston he has sold out his principles and essentially placed the streets of Boston under federal control. I’ve been waiting for one of our vaunted, principled Congresspeople, the folk who on principle couldn’t stomach a cut in food stamps, or Senator Squaw or Markey, to step forward and howl about the disregard for the political process in the death penalty issue. Where is Brian Herr, who calls himself a Republican while embracing every liberal tenet he can muster for votes, being outraged at the federalization of law enforcement?

At least former Judge Gertner, one of my favorite judges, was speaking out about this, which was great.

Of even greater concern, I learned that one of the extenuating circumstances for the federal death penalty is that the defendant is an immigrant, so that attacking an iconic American symbol is an act of treason. Really? Folks, cases like this one, and Mehanna, really, really scare me. Not just because the offenses are Stalinistic, or because the law is sweeping up things it shouldn’t sweep up, but because there is nary a voice of protest as our justice system increasingly looks like that of North Korea. I mean, can’t one liberal politician step forward and object on the record? What does it take in this country to create sufficient outrage to demand change?

Rob Meltzer

So Marty Walsh is proud of his vote as a state legislator against the death penalty in Massachusetts, a vote supported by 84% of his constituents, and yet less than one month after taking the reigns of the city of Boston he has sold out his principles and essentially placed the streets of Boston under federal control. I’ve been waiting for one of our vaunted, principled Congresspeople, the folk who on principle couldn’t stomach a cut in food stamps, or Senator Squaw or Markey, to step forward and howl about the disregard for the political process in the death penalty issue. Where is Brian Herr, who calls himself a Republican while embracing every liberal tenet he can muster for votes, being outraged at the federalization of law enforcement?

At least former Judge Gertner, one of my favorite judges, was speaking out about this, which was great.

Of even greater concern, I learned that one of the extenuating circumstances for the federal death penalty is that the defendant is an immigrant, so that attacking an iconic American symbol is an act of treason. Really? Folks, cases like this one, and Mehanna, really, really scare me. Not just because the offenses are Stalinistic, or because the law is sweeping up things it shouldn’t sweep up, but because there is nary a voice of protest as our justice system increasingly looks like that of North Korea. I mean, can’t one liberal politician step forward and object on the record? What does it take in this country to create sufficient outrage to demand change?

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